The Studebaker Wagon Saga....follow it here

[fahrenschnell]

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Ouch.....hehehehe

Seth

[TheSilverBuick]

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BUMP ;D

Only because I haven't been distracted by green truck pictures ;D

[fahrenschnell]

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"whack the crap out of it" LMAO!

Hey....Don't knock it....It works. Every time. You just may have to whack it harder and more times than you would ever imagine.

Seth

I have that "inhibition disorder" thing... just say whatever I'm thinking. Let me rephrase...

"Apply pressure as appropriate to break the ring / cylinder rust bond"

with a BFH! Screw sublime. ;D

Yep...John, Aaron, and I got his 428CJ pistons out with a 10 lb sledge and a 1" X 3" Bolt....Worked like a champ.

Just like I say at work.....I "mechanically adjusted" it.... ;D.....With my BFH.

Seth

[FIREBALLMONZA]

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Brian we do a ton of Studebakers for a guy in Maynard that runs a Studebaker parts and service company. Man ive taken apart some nasty 289's a few he took out of the woods some that were left outside for 40 years or so, some real nasty stuff.
-jon

[fahrenschnell]

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"whack the crap out of it" LMAO!

Hey....Don't knock it....It works. Every time. You just may have to whack it harder and more times than you would ever imagine.

Seth

[Bamfster]

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"whack the crap out of it" LMAO!

[Brian Lohnes]

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Three still stuck...attention now on the Javelin and welding holes.



Brian

[Brian Lohnes]

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They don't come much more common-er than this guy.

UPDATE:

Car is not in show...YES!

Motor had 5 stuck pistons. Now has 3.

Sadly, that is all, but I have some new pile in my driveway. :D

Brian

[TheSilverBuick]

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Any updates on pulling the engine apart? Is the car buried in snow? Is it time to move this thread to the FJY Project Car section from us common'ers?

[squirrel]

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it was on the HAMB

[Brian Lohnes]

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WOAH!

Where did you find that photo?

Makes mine look cherry.

Brian

[squirrel]

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Well, it could have been worse.....

[Blazerteam]

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I believe the R-2's were also supercharged aswell.
The bolt doesn't look to hold the rod shut like it does on Buick Straigh 8 or Stovebolt 6 rods so It looks to be anti pin rotation more than anything else. For the lifters I'd soak them in ATF or marvel then get out the torch, C-clamp, and some sort of spacer to put compression on the lifters while you heat them and maybe they'll start to budge.
If that crank is really forged, I'd seriously look into putting big journal SBC stuff in it to open up piston sellection and gaurentee to get the knick out of the journal. Probably best to match the stroke to a rod and piston combo with the deck height.

The R2 was a supercharged one yes ;).I have a friend with a 63 Avanti R2.Sold new in Sweden and he have had the frame off and everything had to be restored.Finding parts for it in the late eighties here in Norway was tough.But when he found the adresses to the stude club,he found almost eveything.



Reading about the rust in the engine.It would be clean and fresh with a acid bath.I had the 454 block that had been used in a boat thrown in...and what a miracle.

Grown over water channels,looking like new

[squirrel]

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That's pretty common (grinding a crank 20 rods-10 mains) when an engine spins a rod bearing but it doesn't get run much after it starts to knock.

[Brian Lohnes]

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Mains 010 7 63

So the mains are .010" under